Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull (1674-21 February 1741) was an English agricultural pioneer and a key figure in the Agricultural Revolution. Tull discovered how to perfect the yield with his horse-drawn hoe, and he also invented the seed drill in 1700, sowing seeds in neat rows. He made these discoveries while he was seeking treatment for a pulmonary disease in southern France, and his methods would be adopted by landowners in the following decades. His book Horse-hoeing Husbandry would display his views.